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NSW government to run $300 million deficit in 2004-2005

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... would have around $81 million taken from their budgets but Health and Education would be spared. The departments of Agriculture, Fisheries, Mineral Resources and State Forests will be rolled into a single Department of Primary Industry.

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has today launched a $A400 million June 2011 bond issue into the Kangaroo market. The deal is expected to be priced at an approximate re-offer spread to the June 2011 Australian Commonwealth ...

Kiwi industry profits up 42 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
... Manufacturing was the third-most profitable sector, with an operating surplus of $6.2 billion, up 42 percent; followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing ($4.0 billion, up 24 percent); retail trade ($2.3 billion, up 49 percent); electricity, gas and ...

Commonwealth ministers meet in Brunei, focus on poverty

... 54-nation Commonwealth grouping, the majority of whose members are developing economies and still heavily dependent on agriculture. Of the 54 members, only four are apparently considered to be developed nations, even though the grouping's 1.7 billion ...

ABS releases results for agriculture sector of 2001-02

In a report released today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said that in 2001-02, the gross value of agricultural commodities produced in Australia increased by 16 per cent to $36.9 billion. They said that the increases were recorded for ...

GDP rises 0.1% from March to June quarter: ABS

... recreational services. This growth was offset by negative contributions from mining, construction, transport and storage and agriculture.

GDP grows 2.9% for 2002-2003 and 0.7% in the March quarter: ABS

... wholesale trade. The growth was offset by negative contributions from property and business services (-0.2%) and from agriculture (-0.1%).

Budget underestimated drought costs by $200 million: official

Budget estimates on the cost of the drought to the Government were at least $200 million out, Federal agriculture department official Bob Calder told a Senate estimates committee today. Calder said expected spending on drought assistance had increased ...